Basket

Museum number:
2-61993
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020061993
Alternate number:
1I (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3437
Description:
Round. Made of brown ash with sweetgrass edging along rim; green, cerise, and natural wickerweave; circle of raised, pointed wicker loops around base and rim.
Donor:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Tobique, New Brunswick, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; New Brunswick; Tobique
Culture or time period:
Maliseet
Maker or artist:
Wife of Sam Goose
Collector:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens
Collection date:
November 1973
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
General purpose (container for fruit, yarn, etc.).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 11.3 centimeters and diameter 21.5 centimeters
Comment:
General purpose (container for fruit, yarn, etc.).
Loans:
S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-61993, described as Round. Made of brown ash with sweetgrass edging along rim; green, cerise, and natural wickerweave; circle of raised, pointed wicker loops around base and rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-61993, described as Round. Made of brown ash with sweetgrass edging along rim; green, cerise, and natural wickerweave; circle of raised, pointed wicker loops around base and rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-61993, described as Round. Made of brown ash with sweetgrass edging along rim; green, cerise, and natural wickerweave; circle of raised, pointed wicker loops around base and rim.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-61993, described as Round. Made of brown ash with sweetgrass edging along rim; green, cerise, and natural wickerweave; circle of raised, pointed wicker loops around base and rim.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-61993, described as Round. Made of brown ash with sweetgrass edging along rim; green, cerise, and natural wickerweave; circle of raised, pointed wicker loops around base and rim.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-61993, described as Round. Made of brown ash with sweetgrass edging along rim; green, cerise, and natural wickerweave; circle of raised, pointed wicker loops around base and rim.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-61993, described as Round. Made of brown ash with sweetgrass edging along rim; green, cerise, and natural wickerweave; circle of raised, pointed wicker loops around base and rim.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-61993, described as Round. Made of brown ash with sweetgrass edging along rim; green, cerise, and natural wickerweave; circle of raised, pointed wicker loops around base and rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-61993, described as Round. Made of brown ash with sweetgrass edging along rim; green, cerise, and natural wickerweave; circle of raised, pointed wicker loops around base and rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-61993, described as Round. Made of brown ash with sweetgrass edging along rim; green, cerise, and natural wickerweave; circle of raised, pointed wicker loops around base and rim.

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